endgames
Final strategic phases
Endgames is the plural of endgame—the final stage of a chess match when few pieces remain, or more broadly, the concluding phase of any strategic situation: We're in the endgames of these negotiations.
The term implies that outcomes are becoming clearer and decisive moves are imminent.
Inescapable capture position
- kingMale crowned ruler
- zugzwangObligatory weakening move situation
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- pawnsLowest-ranked chess pieces
rooks · promotion · opposition · technique · conversion · bishops · simplification · drawn
Point of greatest intensity
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- showdownDecisive final confrontation
final confrontation · reckoning · last act · conclusion · ultimate battle · payoff · closure · revelation
Concluding part of performance
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- culminationHighest or final point
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
outcome · winning strategy · terminal · countdown · climax · wrapping up · ultimate goal · completion
Preplanned departure method
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- mergerCorporate combination
- IPOFirst public stock offering
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
succession · buyout · divestiture · retirement · legacy · winding down · closure · transition
Of atomic energy
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- scenariosImagined sequences of events
- apocalypticPertaining to ultimate devastation
- MADMutual annihilation doctrine
superpower · Cold War · doomsday · annihilation · Armageddon · fallout · missiles · warheads
checkmate
Inescapable capture position
- kingMale crowned ruler
- zugzwangObligatory weakening move situation
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
pawns · rooks · promotion · opposition · technique · conversion · bishops · simplification · drawn · fortress
climax
Point of greatest intensity
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- denouementStory's final unraveling
showdown · final confrontation · reckoning · last act · conclusion · ultimate battle · payoff · closure · revelation · final chapter
finale
Concluding part of performance
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- culminationHighest or final point
- denouementStory's final unraveling
resolution · outcome · winning strategy · terminal · countdown · climax · wrapping up · ultimate goal · completion · finishing
exit strategy
Preplanned departure method
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- mergerCorporate combination
- IPOFirst public stock offering
liquidation · succession · buyout · divestiture · retirement · legacy · winding down · closure · transition · handover
nuclear
Of atomic energy
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- scenariosImagined sequences of events
- apocalypticPertaining to ultimate devastation
MAD · superpower · Cold War · doomsday · annihilation · Armageddon · fallout · missiles · warheads · brinkmanship
endgamesopenings
Available positions or gaps
opening moves · beginnings · middlegames · gambits · debuts
endgamesbeginnings
Initial stages of something
starting points · commencements · outsets · inceptions · kickoffs
- Avengers Endgame2019 superhero saga finale